John Dodson

John Dodson (19 January 1780-27 April 1858) was a British MP for Rye from 1819 to 1823 with Peter Browne, succeeding Thomas Phillipps Lamb and preceding Robert Knight. He was a member of the reactionary Tory Party.

Biography
John Dodson was born in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, England on 19 January 1780, and he worked as a civil lawyer and an editor of the Admiralty Reports before being elected to the British Parliament as MP for Rye in 1819, serving as a member of the Tory Party. In 1829, the Duke of Wellington had him named Advocate-General of the Admiralty Court, and he received all of his legal appointments from Tory ministries. He died in 1858 at the age of 78.